rashana

rashana

ICU, PIC, BURN UNIT, PEDS, MED SURG, PSY

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  1. Facebook almost cost me my job

    rashana replied to ReginaPhalange's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Or maybe we just need to find the real legal definition of "patient confidentiality" or who benefits from keeping "secrets" If the names are changed and circumstances altered a bit, one is allowed to...

  2. RN's are part of one huge CULT!

    rashana replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Pin and everyone else, I began this fight 27 years ago when I wrote the Nurse's Story and got to go cross country doing TV, radio and print in 21 cities 3 different times. And though no one alone...

  3. 20 % Pay Cut for Ohio Independent Providers

    rashana replied to katnursey's topic in Ohio Nursing

    What organization represents us? What happens when no one covers our back? And as we have more nurses go into advanced practice, who will be there then to support us in the ways the AMA did doctors?...

  4. RN's are part of one huge CULT!

    rashana replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    To Madwoman 2002, I love it! But more nurses and more patients should know that's how healthcare is run today. There are so many of us that if we could just team up we'd be a force to be reckoned...

  5. Facebook almost cost me my job

    rashana replied to ReginaPhalange's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Except if everyone began speaking up, they couldn't fire everyone. There are whistleblower laws and if anything is dangerous to a patient, there is the concept of nursing ethics and advocacy for the...

  6. Facebook almost cost me my job

    rashana replied to ReginaPhalange's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Are nurses the only ones without "free speech" and who does it benefit? It's in place so we don't ruin any institutions PR, or so the business of medicine can't be sued. But where does it leave us...

  7. Is there a nursing representative/lobbyist in washngton??

    rashana replied to californiadreaming's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hey guys and girls, I just read the post by californiadreaming, and I'm not quite understanding why everyone attacked. Nursing is taken advantage of, they can't fight for their rights against...

  8. Facebook almost cost me my job

    rashana replied to ReginaPhalange's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I've read several posts by docs on FB and yet only once did I read that a doctor was fined 500 dollars for breaching patient confidentiality. The AMA backed her up. Is there an organization that has...

  9. Annoyed by nursing commerical they keep running

    rashana replied to Missy77's topic in General Students

    I agree. It's condescending and they don't do it to other professionals. Imagine saying to a lawyer, "You make a difference." Or to a doctor "You make a difference." It's almost like saying "Good...

  10. allnurses.com ranked the #1 facebook page for nurses to follow

    rashana replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know who funded this study? I'd love to look up the original article. And do we know how many of these (aside from Brian's allnurses) is individually run rather than corporate backed?...

  11. not what I bargained for

    rashana replied to kni0084's topic in General Nursing

    Or maybe we should "believe" that each and every one of us who went into nursing to serve, will do just that. And that will have to be enough. That we are enough. And if we do it with the intention...

  12. not what I bargained for

    rashana replied to kni0084's topic in General Nursing

    Dear coolpeach, Until we can change the system, we have to bring the healing to the patients with our own knowledge of healing. Love heals, caring and kindness heal, that is what feeds the soul and...

  13. Coworker issues - so disheartening

    rashana replied to rn865's topic in General Nursing

    You think that's what's causing a rift in the workplace? Or do you think maybe the whole structure is set up to split one nurse against

  14. Coworker issues - so disheartening

    rashana replied to rn865's topic in General Nursing

    Both of you have your strengths, and because only the educational part is valued in the system, you might want to tell her that you know her experience counts and as soon as we get to a healing model...

  15. not what I bargained for

    rashana replied to kni0084's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder what would happen, if all nurses joined forces and refused to do all the things that took us away from caring for our patients. According to the Code of Nursing Ethics if we see harm coming...

  16. I hate my job. What do I do?

    rashana replied to pippylockstocking's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Good God girl, I do remember feeling just like you and the only thing I can say is that when you least expect it, life changes. Honestly. I used to take to my bed for days at a time just to get up...

  17. Need solutions to nursing problems!!

    rashana replied to SmokeyNite's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe we should all suggest that teaching and mentoring should be added to the curriculum in nursing school. Unfortunately, sometimes the kids of abusers become abusers themselves, and its known that...

  18. Does Anyone Document NDE's?

    rashana posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone document or chart patient's Near death experiences? I was just wondering because so much research is being done lately on the follow up experiences and change of perceptions and mental...

  19. Does Anyone Document NDE's?

    rashana replied to rashana's topic in General Nursing

    I should have been clearer, sorry. I actually meant a patient brought back to life and remembering seeing things or knowing things they couldn't have known. From the patients perspective- an...

  20. Help I need an elective for this upcoming semester...

    rashana replied to mariposabella's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'd take something easy that uses right brain thinking. With the courses you're taking, you'll overwhelm your rational thinking. Maybe computers but something in art or graphics. I took speech and...

  21. What Makes a Hero Nurse?

    rashana replied to rashana's topic in General Nursing

    I don't agree that heroism is only a one time impulsive act of sacrifice. By definition a hero has courage, is responsible for outstanding achievements, and identified with good qualities and...

  22. What Makes a Hero Nurse?

    rashana posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I was watching CNN this morning and they were asking for submissions for Heroic Nurses so I began to wonder what everyone considered the criteria for heroism in nursing to be. Anyone want to help...

  23. What Makes a Hero Nurse?

    rashana replied to rashana's topic in General Nursing

    I feel any position can be a calling or a job. Firemen and policemen also have paid vacation and airconditioning. Nurses also risk their life constantly, exposing themselves to infectious diseases,...

  24. What Makes a Hero Nurse?

    rashana replied to rashana's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly, my feeling. I was hoping that heroes or heroines would be defined by the compassion and endurance that it takes to combat one's own fears and reassure others when they're sick or dying. A...

  25. screaming doctors....how can we handle them?

    rashana replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There should be a standard reply, backed by Nursing administration. Something like "Doctor, it's unacceptable to speak to me like this. Please just write your orders. I'll read them." Like any...